Quotes

For this post I felt a little lazy so i decided to put together a compilation of some of my favorite quotes from history, movies and television. Hope you enjoy.

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson:

I like liquor — its taste and its effects — and that is just the reason why I never drink it.

Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me. Captain, that is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave.

Robert E. Lee:

It is well that war is so terrible — otherwise we should grow too fond of it.

True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels them — the desire to do right — is precisely the same.

So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.

Secondhand Lions:

I’m Hub McCann. I’ve fought in two world wars, and countless smaller ones on three continents. I’ve led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and tanks. I’ve seen the headwaters of the Nile and tribes of natives no white men had ever seen before. I’ve won and lost a dozen fortunes, killed many men, and loved only one woman with a passion a flea like you could never begin to understand. That’s who I am.

Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things that a man needs to believe in the most: that people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; that love, true love, never dies... No matter if they're true or not, a man should believe in those things because those are the things worth believing in.

Albert Einstein:

A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

George Washington:

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.

Criminal Minds:

G.K. Chesterton wrote: "Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed."

"Superman is, after all, an alien life form. He is simply the acceptable face of invading realities." Author Clive Barker

Mahatma Gandhi once said "All through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall, always."

Lonesome Dove:

The only healthy way to live as I see it is to learn to love the everyday little things. Like a sip of good whiskey on a cool evening, or a soft bed or a glass of buttermilk... or a fiesty gentleman such as myself. -Augustus Mcrae

It ain't dyin' I'm talkin' about, it's livin'!- Augustus Mcrae

Braveheart:

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.

If I swear to him than all that I am is dead already.

In order to find his equal, an Irishman is forced to talk to God. Yes, Father? The Almighty says 'Don't change the subject, just answer the fucking question.'


William: You dropped your rock.
Hamish: Test of manhood.
William: You win.
Hamish: Call it a test of soldiery, then. The English won't let us train with weapons, so we train with stones.
William: Well, a test of a soldier is not in his arm, it's here [points to his head].
Hamish: No, it's here [points to his fist, then punches William]

Hamish: Where are you going?
William Wallace: I'm going to pick a fight.
Hamish: Well, looks like we didn't get dressed up for nothing.